[Python-Dev] Missing operator.call

[Guido van Rossum]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> I've been thinking about proposing an enhancement
> concerning generators that would entail making
> "call" a reserved word, so I'd be a little
> disappointed if this name were used.
>
> Maybe apply() could be reinstated and put into
> the operator module?

That would lose the symmetry with __call__.

What's so special about your proposal that requires a new keyword?

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